A new study reveals that when we experience short-term (acute) pain, the brain has a built‑in way to dial down pain ...

With thousands of assembloids possibly produced at scale, drug companies could soon test compounds not just for pain relief, but also for side effects that alter sensory perception. Stanford has ...

The breakthrough, made by a team at Stanford University in the US, could help with developing better treatments for pain disorders. The mapping of pain pathways in a lab dish could also allow ...

Dr. Bryant Lin, a Stanford Medicine professor, is one such teacher. At 50 years old, Dr. Lin is facing a devastating diagnosis: terminal stage 4 lung cancer. What began as a persistent cough last ...

But it only reduced the intensity of pain by an average of 7.9 points on a 0-to-100 pain scale — less than what ... a professor of anesthesia at Stanford Medicine and a pain physician at the ...

“But on a scale of zero to ten, how do you rate your pain?” asked the nurse. My daughter’s tear-streaked face creased with confusion. “What does ten mean?” “Ten is the worst pain you ...

Host Ira Flatow is joined by Dr. Sean Mackey, a professor of anaesthesiology and pain medicine at Stanford University and chief of the Division of Stanford Pain Medicine, to discuss how the new drug ...

Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained as a physician and have asked ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to ...